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  1. A liquid ‘P’ is 1
    3
    times as heavy as water is
    7
    1
    2
    times as heavy as another liquid ‘Q’.
    5
    The amount of liquid ‘P’ that must be added to 7 litres of the liquid ‘Q’ so that the mixture may weigh as much as an equal volume of water, will be
    1. 7 litres
    2. 5
      1
      litres
      6
    3. 5 litres
    4. 4
      2
      litres
      3
Correct Option: D

Let x litres of liquid P be mixed
to 7 litres of liquid Q.
According to the question,

x ×
10
+
5
× 7 = x + 7
77

⇒ 
10x
+ 5 = x + 7
7

⇒  10x + 35 = 7x + 49
⇒  10x – 7x = 49 – 35
⇒  3x = 14
⇒  x =
14
= 4
2
litres
33



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